Twin Pagoda Temple - China Travel

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The Shuangta Temple in the southern suburbs of Taiyuan is the landmark building of Taiyuan City and the theme pattern on the emblem of Taiyuan City. Shuangta Temple, formerly known as Yongzuo Temple, was built in the middle of Wanli in Ming Dynasty (1597-1602). Because there are two high towers in the temple, it is commonly known as Shuangta Temple. Nowadays, the locals are also accustomed to calling it the Twin Pagoda Temple, but they are relatively unfamiliar with the original name.

The architectural pattern of the Shuangta Temple is not complicated. It consists of three parts: the front yard, the back yard and the pagoda courtyard. The famous "Twin Pagodas" are in the pagoda courtyard. The mountain gate of Shuangta Temple is the opposite of most temples facing north and south. The mountain gate of Shuangta Temple opens to the north. After entering the mountain gate, tourists can walk from north to south. During the tour, they can see the main hall and stele corridor And the twin towers, these three places are more worth seeing in the temple.

The Daxiong Hall of the Shuangta Temple is a brick imitation wood building. The whole building has no beams or a single piece of wood, and is entirely made of bricks with fine and generous carvings. When you enter the Daxiong Hall, you can see the statues of the three Tathagatas enshrined in the hall: Amitabha, Sakyamuni and Medicine Master Tathagata. Among them, Amitabha Buddha is a standing bronze statue, while the other two are sitting iron statues. It can be seen that these three Buddha statues are not the original ones in the temple, but moved from different places.

The main hall of Shuangta Temple is a two-story structure. From the east side of the main hall, there are steps to climb to the second floor. On the second floor is the "Sansheng Pavilion", which enshrines the three great men: Avalokitesvara, Manjusri and Puxian. These statues of Bodhisattvas were also moved from other temples. If you come to the Daxiong Palace in May, you can also enjoy the century-old peony planted in the Ming Dynasty, named "Zixiaxian". It is rooted in the square flower bed in front of the Daxiong Palace and has been blooming here for more than 300 years. It is also a great pleasure for Taiyuan citizens to come to Shuangta Temple to see peonies.

On the way from the Daxiong Palace to the Pagoda Courtyard, there is a corridor, among which there is a "tablet corridor". If you are a calligraphy lover, you must come here to see it. Here you can see the "Baoxiantang Jigufatie" inlaid on the wall of the stele gallery, the "Gubaoxiantangfatie" in the Qing Dynasty and the stone carving of Su Dongpo's drunken brush "Chibi Nostalgia" carved in the Qing Dynasty. Among them, Su Dongpo's handwritten "Chibi Nostalgia" was written in the twenty-seventh year of Qianlong (1762), based on Tuomo Le Shangshi. It is said that there are only two preserved in the country at present, and the other is in Chibi on the east slope of Huangzhou, Hubei.

When you come to the pagoda courtyard in the south of the temple, the two ancient pagodas come into view completely. The two towers are of masonry structure, 60 meters apart. The carvings on the towers are beautiful and well-defined. The one in the southeast was built first (East Pagoda, also called Wenfeng Pagoda), but it is not a Buddhist pagoda. It is a "Fengshui Pagoda" built to make up for the fact that Taiyuan City's "high in the northwest and low in the southeast" is not conducive to the development of culture. Since its completion, it has been slightly inclined to the northwest. It is said that considering that the tower is located at the front of Dongshan Mountain and facing the impact of northwest wind, the designer deliberately tilted to the northwest to ensure the stability of the tower.

The northwest one is a Buddhist pagoda (Xuanwen Pagoda) built later. Because it is located in the northwest, it is also called "West Pagoda" or "North Pagoda" for short. It was supervised by Master Miaofeng (Monk Fudeng), an eminent monk in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. Because there were Buddhist relics hidden in the pagoda at that time, it was also called Xuanwen Pagoda, or relic pagoda.

Most of the West Tower (Xuanwen Tower) was destroyed in the war of liberation, and what we see today was restored in the 1980s. If you are interested, you can climb the tower. However, it is recommended not to climb the tower, because the local air conditions, climbed the tower, looking around, it is also foggy.

opening hours

April 1-October 31 08:30-17:30 (last admission 17:30); November 1-March 31 next year 09:00-17:00 (last admission 17:00) :00)

Preferential treatment policy

elder:60 years old (included) and above with my ID card and old age card, free of charge

child:Free for children under 6 years old (inclusive) or under 1.3 meters in height (inclusive)

minor:6 years old (not included) to 18 years old (included) with legal and valid certificates, half price

student:Half-price for full-time undergraduates and below with legal and valid certificates

the disabled:At the same time, show your ID card and the second-generation "Disability Certificate of the People's Republic of China", free of charge

soldier:Active soldiers (including teachers and students in military schools) present their military officer certificates, student certificates, and soldier certificates; veterans present their valid certificates, free of charge

military family:The direct family members (parents, spouses, children) of the army and lieutenants hold relevant certificates, free of charge

Supplementary Note:1. Groups of minors who are organized by the school to visit collectively need to make an appointment in advance and visit for free. 2. Residents of this city hold the "Taiyuan Travel Card" and follow the regulations on the issuance and use of the card. Certificates that have been altered, expired, or have no certificate number are invalid; student ID cards that are not registered are invalid; relevant information is incomplete; campus cards, class cards, and borrowing cards of various colleges and technical secondary schools are invalid; master and doctoral students, adult students, Self-examinees and students of various advanced education colleges are not included in the discount objects

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The Shuangta Temple in Taiyuan, also known as the Yongzuo Temple, has three major attractions. One is the Lingxiao Twin Towers, the other is the Daxiong Hall, the Wuliang Hall, and the third is the 500-year-old Ming Dynasty peony. The Sihui pattern in Taiyuan is the double pagoda here. Pagoda Wenbi, the twin towers are also one of the eight scenic spots in Taiyuan, so you must come here to have a look when you come to Taiyuan.

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There are two pagodas in Yongzuo Temple, so people also call it Shuangta Temple. The main hall of Shuangta Temple is a masonry structure with brick carvings and masonry. There is no beam in the whole hall, which means that no other materials other than bricks have been used in the building. The structure of the building has been intact for hundreds of years, which is unique in the history of architecture.

The Twin Towers are the symbol of Taiyuan Dragon City. Surrounding the Twin Towers Temple is the Twin Towers Park. This is the youngest park in Taiyuan that has just been built. of.

The surrounding area of the Shuangta Temple has now become a very beautiful park, which has just been built and has a very large area, especially the water landscape, which is combined with promenades, ancient buildings, towers, rockery, etc., and it is very beautiful when viewed from far and near .

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I went to Taiyuan to see the ancient buildings during the New Year’s Day holiday. The three days were full of harvest. Everywhere I went was a theme museum. The Shuangta Temple specially introduced the ancient pagodas in Shanxi, and silently recorded the relics that were prepared to plant grass in other places.

1. The twin towers are the symbol of Taiyuan. How can you not come here to see Taiyuan? 2. Wenfeng Pagoda and Xuanwen Pagoda are like two pens, the soul of writing and ink in Taiyuan. 3. Both Liang Sicheng and his wife came here.